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Every four years the world (minus the majority of the United States) turns the attention to the World Cup. If you’re one of the gazillion people who care about the World Cup here’s how you can watch every match.

My latest book came after my son, Jose, just started to get the hang of pooping (in the toilet). One lazy Saturday afternoon we were playing with trains when all of a sudden he shot up, started groaning, and held his tummy. I suggested that we head to the bathroom and he insisted that my advised course of action wasn’t necessary as he didn’t have to poop. A few minutes later he said “the lava was coming” and promptly moved the party to the potty.

He dropped his drawers and planted his cheeks firmly on the toddler potty seat, and I put mine on the cold, linoleum floor. For 15 minutes he maintained that he didn’t have to poop. As we sat there, I posited the question, “What poops?” To which he replied, “Flies poop. And dragons. And bears. They poop in the woods. And astronauts. Not rockets. Trees don’t poop either. I think ladybugs poop.” On and on he went naming loads of things that did and didn’t poop. Every now and again he’d splice the conversation with a, “But I don’t have to poop.”

My son and I have collaborated on five books including: My First Train Book, My First Fire Truck Book, My First Space Book, andABC Train. As we wrote our last book my son, José, began telling his own stories from time to time. On one particular occasion I had my phone handy and captured him telling a fantastical and nonsensical adventure he called The Fire Truck and the Moon.

When José finished telling his story, he turned to me and asked if I would “make it into a book for the iPad.” Of course I said “yes” and that evening I began creating an animatic using his audio and some sketches.

The animatic

I showed him the video and he watched it a million times (not a hyperbole).

There are a handful of iPad and iPhone browsers that can play Flash videos. Of the lot that do, the best solution for watching Flash videos on the iPad and iPhone is Photon Browser (iPhone $3.99 | iPad $4.99). BTW, if you’re into Flash games, the browser will handle most of the popular ones as well.

As for videos, let’s say, hypothetically, you fancied a site that gave you access to sporting events but the site used Flash videos. If you were to use Chrome or Safari you’d be poop out of luck. But, if you were to use Photon Browser you could watch every game that you so desire. Have a look…